student voter turnout

Reilly is one of 175 college students recognized for their nonpartisan democratic engagement work in 2022. Today, the University of Michigan and the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) announced that Ford School junior Rose Reilly (BA ‘24)...

“The line of students registering to vote on Election Day stretched across the University of Michigan campus, with students waiting for over four hours. There was a palpable sense of excitement and urgency around the election on campus. For many...

Turn Up Turnout is a student-led, nonpartisan organization that increases voter registration and turnout for college students. Created by Edie Goldenberg, professor emerita of public policy and political science, Turn Up Turnout works to educate...

Voter turnout among University of Michigan college students jumped to 78% in the 2020 election, according to a report released by the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education at Tufts University. Up 18 percentage points from 60% in 2016, U-M...

In a recent Inside Higher Education article, Goldenberg said that when the campus set up quarantine and isolation dorms, it worked with Ann Arbor elections officials to place ballot drop-off boxes just outside the housing. But then she heard from...

“I think that this is a real game-changer,” said Goldenberg in a statement. “The office will essentially create a one-stop shop where students can register or update their addresses, pick up an absentee ballot, fill it out and then turn it...